Now that you are breast-feeding you need to maintain an optimum diet

You will need to eat an extra 500 calories a day

A healthy diet includes a variety of fresh fruit and vegetables, herbs herbal teas, whole grains, pulses and seeds as well as pure water

If you feel you need to boost your supply of milk or wish to nourish and improve your breast milk drink herb teas made from nettles, aniseed, fennel or raspberry leaf

Grow Dandelion and include the young, fresh leaves of this herb(as well as any others you have in your garden into your salads for a nutritional boost